Bush's greatest character flaw was most apparent tonight:

[MrScorpio]

His utter inability to adapt and change. Hence, more of the same old crap.

And he truly expects to get more mileage on his policies from that pathetic display.

Obstinance is not a good guideline to run a country.

[leftofthedial]

1. it worked for 4+ years

but now it's all worn out

[roguevalley]

2. he's a sick man. he can't change. he isn't aware that he has to.

by the way, wasn't Empire great?

[MrScorpio]

4. Empire was great

Now they're reinacting it in DC

[punpirate]

3. Bush--and his advisors--seem to think...

... that admitting to an error is a sign of weakness. That's why Bush barrels on over the cliff without concern for the many people he's dragging along with him (the military foremost among them).

Mussolini had the same general attitude....

[Radio-Active]

11. yep, you're totally right..

Call me crazy, but I thought admitting to errors was a sign of strength, humility, and wisdom.

[Broken_Hero]

5. Yep, more of the same..

I totally agree with you, if you are unable to change, then whats the point of being alive, if the ability to change isn't in your being?

[KharmaTrain]

6. Scathling Critique I Heard

Some correpsondent for a news magazine really hit the nail on the head...said that Bunnypant's act has been wearing thing for quite a while. In fact, he point that that slide really began last September, before the election (tin foil hats anyone) and that it's really worse than what the polls indicate.

There is a massive disconnect between this regime and both reality and the people. And the people and reality are getting more and more in synch every day.

For a long time I felt we were in 1966...a small minority opposing the war and most still under the notion that that war was "making the world safe for Democracy" (sound familiar???) and that the war was worth continuing just on that basis. We turned the first corner in 1967 when the thought went from not why we're fighting to how do we determine how to get out. That point became moot a year later when Tet occured and we knew we had to get out and couldn't.

It's a nuance, but tonight I felt we have transformed into 1967...still atttempting to justify a wrong war and seeing the drain on blood and treasure starting to make more and more people distrust anything this regime tells them.

[morgan2]

7. you think thats his greatest character flaw?

How about the lack of empathy? How about megalomania? I'd put both of those on top before his ability to adapt and change.

[MrScorpio]

8. His inability to change affects all the above

Expect even more lack of empathy and more megalomania as time goes on.

[cynatnite]

9. The unreasonable need for secrecy

I think that's his greatest character flaw. It's what has lead to this disconnect with reality and everything else that's so glaringly obvious. He has no reason to change in his mind.

[Raksha]

10. The need for secrecy is not unreasonable.

He KNOWS his administration is full of crooks and liars, and quite possibly worse than that. While his underlings may have protected him from knowing the full extent of the criminal activities that have happened on his watch, I'm sure he's aware of a lot of it (and complicit in it). That wall of secrecy may be falling down now, but it protected him for four years--with a little help from the corporate media, of course.

[KlatooBNikto]

12. They are locked into the belief that whenever a problem comes up it is

always due to perception of the problem which is manipulable.No effort needs to be expended in solving the underlying causes of the problem.

[tallahasseedem]

13. Another one was on display too.

The fact that he is doped up half the time. The man had a severe case of dry mouth.

[sweetheart]

14. He's a 1 trick pony

And the trick is up. They have no alternative, as he stands up to
his thighs in glue-trap iraq. Hey, at least they caught a rat! :-)